The Kings are making the Knicks look like a properly functioning organization.

Sacramento parted ways with DeMarcus Cousins late Sunday night, trading the star big man known as "Boogie" to the Pelicans for Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, former Knick Langston Galloway, a protected 2017 first-round pick and a future second-round pick. New Orleans also received wing Omri Casspi in the deal.

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By virtually all accounts, the Pelicans fleeced the Kings, who've been on the losing end of multiple embarrassingly one-sided trades under the guidance of general manager Vlade Divac.

But somehow, the trade itself is not the most mind-numbing part of this saga. While addressing the media Monday, Divac admitted to having "a better deal two days ago." Seriously. A general manager of a professional basketball team acknowledged publicly that he failed to do his job.

The media members in attendance appeared stunned at Divac's comment.

"(Better) than what you got now?" a reporter asked.

"Yup," Divac answered.

When pressed further, Divac deflected.

"Talk to those agents," he said. "I don't want to go into details. I don't want to discuss about the process. It was a big process for us."

DeMarcus Cousins (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

The snafus weren't limited to the news conference, either.

In the Kings' official release on the trade, Divac is quoted as saying, "It was time for a change and I decided this was the best direction for the organization. …Winning begins with culture and character matters."

Character matters.

Considering Boogie's history — his outspoken nature, his run-ins with the media, his numerous technical fouls — this undoubtedly is a slight from Divac.

Less than 24 hours later, the Kings posted a thank you graphic to Cousins from their Twitter account.

Rip a guy's character in one public offering; thank him in the next. You can't make it up.

Currently, Hield is shooting 36.9% from three. Curry shot 43.7% from downtown as a rookie and has never finished a season shooting below 42.4%.

Hield is not Steph Curry and will never be Steph Curry. But at least knowing Ranadive's thinking provides some context — although it doesn't excuse this horrendous trade.

Ranadive, who purchased the Kings in 2013 as part of a three-person ownership group, has made Curry comparisons in the past. After the Kings selected Nik Stauskas, eighth overall pick in the 2014 draft, Ranadive offered this comment on the new Kings rookie: "He shoots like Steph and he's big like Klay (Thompson)."

That quote was posted to the Kings' official Twitter account. The tweet has not been deleted and is available for your viewing pleasure.

The Kings traded Stauskas to the Sixers a year later in one of the most lopsided trades in NBA history. The Kings received the rights to two no-name second-round picks who have yet to come to America, Arturas Gudaitis and Luka Mitrovic. In return, the Sixers acquired Stauskas, Carl Landry, Jason Thompson, a 2018 first-round pick and the right to swap picks with Sacramento in 2016 and 2017.

Divac technically didn't become general manager until August of 2015. But he was serving as VP of basketball operations at the time of the Stauskas deal. Not much has changed in the year-plus since.